Resources for online Instruction

To make sure that you are charging your chromebook correctly, please make sure to use the port on the right side of the computer. It has a light next to the port; amber when charging and white when fully charged.

Visit the One to One Information page to learn more. (TL)

• • Free Google Apps PD for Online Learning (4/3-AO)

  • [Webinar] Making the Transition to the Digital Classroom - 10 Things You Need to Know (4/3-AO)

  • Teaching with Video to Support Digital Classroom Success (4/3-AO)

  • Tiger One Tiger Tech University Courses and PD

  • INFOhio offers lots of PD both for CEUs as well as two for grad credit through Ashland. (4/9 -KG)

  • EdWeb offers lots of webinars on various topics including teaching online (4/9 - KG)

  • PBIS

  • Looking to support your kiddos with IEPs through online learning? Take this webinar through EdWeb for some ideas. (4/20 - KG)

  • Ashland University offers many graduate classes ranging from one to three graduate credits on almost any topic you can think of. (4/23 - KG)

  • FREE contact hours are being offered through the Summit ESC this summer. They are holding virtual meetings starting as soon as next week in the areas of: K-12 science, ELA, math, social studies, STEAM, and Problem-Based Learning Cross-Curricular. (CCR 5/22)

  • "Building a Culture of Reading," through Ashland this summer. Depending on the level of time (and $) you'd like to commit, you can take it for 1, 2, or 3 credit hours. (TL 5/22)

  • Baldwin Wallace Summer Online Workshops (TL 5/22)

  • Online PD videos through the Ohio Department of Education. (TL 5/22)

March 19, 2020

Please read the notice on our webpages regarding Student Information and Privacy. You should ONLY respond to parent/guardian requests for information when they are using the parent email address associated with the child’s Progressbook/DASL account. Other rogue email addresses that are not so associated could be coming from ANY source. Please do not make the mistake of giving an unauthorized person information. This applies to ALL student information requests, regardless of the COVID-19 crisis.

I know many of you are trying to be helpful and expedient, but our legal requirements of student privacy have not been waved in any form.

Please be careful!

I am going to ask Chris Shaw to put out a notice on Progressbook saying the same.

Thanks and be safe,

James Marras

• Protect Yourself From COVID-19 Scams (4/3-AO)

• Protect yourself from phishing.

• Don't forget to protect yourself on social media.

When using anyone else's work it's important to remember that the owner of any copyrighted work has the sole right to any derivatives and their distribution. While many people are recording themselves reading books and posting them on various social media sites, this is illegal unless they have received permission from the copyright holder. The United States Copyright Office has published a circular entitled: Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians. https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf . This report references the Copyright Act of 1976 as well as several subsequent congressional reports. This report outlines exclusive rights of the copyright owner including that of derivative works and distribution (copyright section 106). The same circular also addresses Fair Use (copyright section 107).

When an item is posted for online education, there are strict requirements as to who can access the items, how long they may remain posted and how many copies may be made among others. These items are covered under the TEACH Act of 2002. The Copyright Clearance Center has issued a two page publication outlining what is and is not allowed under the law: https://www.copyright.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CR-Teach-Act.pdf If you would like to read the actual Senate Bill it can be found at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/487/text?q=S.+487+%28107%29

Now the good news is that many authors, publishers and librarians have been working to loosen copyright restrictions for reading online. Below are links to some options you have if you would like your students to listen to read alouds. This topic continues to change and as we receive additional information we will update it here. If you have a specific book you would like to read, check with the publisher and ask for permission.(KG)

As everyone has begun to teach virtually the publishers are beginning to allow online read alouds with certain restrictions. Here are a list of publishers and authors giving temporary permission to use their work. (TL & KG)

Follow Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems weekdays at 1 pm. (KG)

Authors working with the Wernick & Pratt Agency have issued this statement for utilizing their work online. (KG)

Kate Messner has created a website of videos of authors and illustrators reading their own books. (KG)

The Authors Everywhere YouTube channel has been created to showcase authors and their work including them reading their own books. (KG)

Pernille Ripp has curated a list of approved read alouds. (KG)

Harper Kids @HarperChildrens has a live read aloud every day on Twitter at noon EST. (KG)

Our new SORA ebook app has lots of eAudiobooks students can borrow. These are individual checkouts by student Google account so children may each have different titles. More information can be found at: https://cfallsmsmediactr.weebly.com/ebooks.html (KG)

Penguin Random House has issued a temporary open license for read alouds. Please read the entire page as there are many requirements if you choose to read a Penguin Random House book to your students via video. (KG)

Here is a listing of authors who are offering online services such as read alouds and drawing with kids. (KG)

And this tweet from Jason Reynolds from March 16th, 2020:

Jason Reynolds

@JasonReynolds83

Mar 16

FOR EVERYONE (TEACHERS) ASKING ABOUT RECORDING READINGS OF THE BOOKS: I just checked with MY publisher, and they said it’s technically not allowed, BUT as long as you can keep it somewhere only students can access, (like your own channel on YT) it’s fine. (KG)

• Google Classroom (AO).

  • • Videos for beginners (AO)

    • How To Use Google Classroom (4/1-AO)

• Schoology (AO)

• Class Dojo (AO)

• Seesaw (AO)

• School Video Camera app- easily use your webcam and microphone, and save your video to Google Drive for easily sharing (AO).

• Screencastify- easily record your screen for voice over lessons (AO).

  • • If you are using a Chromebook, you may need to change some settings to do recordings (4/1/20-AO)

    • We now have Unlimited access through April 30 (3/30/20-AO).

      • To activate Screencastify Unlimited access, follow these instructions:

      • Visit this page and click "Redeem coupon" (under the Next Billing Date)

      • Enter code CAST_COVID

      • Click "Activate License" (no credit card required). Ignore the Next Billing Date - that will be incorrect

      • Here's a quick video that demonstrates these steps.

• Loom- capture your screen, voice, and face and instantly share your video in less time than it would take to type an email.

• WeVideo- with the current upgrade, you can utilize the screen recording tool, annotate, and do powerful editing for professional videos.

• Youtube- easily upload recorded videos (AO).

• Flipgrid- Group interaction tool. (AO).

• Readworks- reading comprehension instruction (AO).

• CommonLit- instructional materials to support literacy development (AO).

• NewsELA- non-fiction articles that meet students at their level (AO).

• EdPuzzle- embed questions into videos (AO).

  • • All registered teachers with a verified email address are already upgraded. Any other teacher in your school who hasn't been upgraded or hasn't registered to Edpuzzle yet, can log in or sign up through this link and will get automatically upgraded (3/30-AO).

• Have students develop digital skills through some of these online classroom applications (AO).

• Flinn Scientific offers an at-home lab series showcasing live lab experiments and posting the archives for later viewing. (KG)

• Vooks- brings children's books to life with animated illustrations, read-a-long text and narrated story (3/28-AO)-

• How does copyright affect teaching online? Check out this blog: TEACHing from a Distance and Copyright Considerations from the Library of Congress which discusses the TEACH Act. (4/1-KG)

• Looking to improve your student engagement with digital text? Try some of these tips for using Guiding Questions or some of these tools for Close Reading with Chrome Extensions (4/20 -KG)

• Google Meet- communicate live with students with video or simply a phone number (AO).

  • • Video Series: How to Use Google Hangouts Meet (3/25-AO)

    • Management control update. (3/26-AO)

    • Google Hangouts Grid extension (3/30-AO)

    • Nod- Reactions for Google Meet: Easily Nod along with quick reactions for muted team members. (3/30-AO)

    • Use Screen Sharing and Google Drawings as a whiteboard. (3/30-AO)

    • Google Meet Attendance extension (3/31-AO)

    • Google Meet Introduction (3/31-AO)

    • Using Google Meet as a Google Voice Alternative (4/1-AO)

    • Meet Questions and Answers (4/4-AO)

    • Lock Down Google Meetings (4/8-AO)

    • MEET now integrated with Classroom (4/13-CC)

    • Have students complete activities on your computer with remote access (4/21-AO)

• Youtube Live- broadcast your lesson live, and record it to share later (AO).

• Zoom- communicate live for PD, staff meetings, IEP meetings, discussions with community members, in an easy to manage platform (AO).

• • Zoom Instructions for Parents

  • Educator Tips for Using Zoom (4/16-AO)

  • Is that student joining my class? Make sure that it is not a bot by having them show video and use audio.

  • Zoom Usage and Administration Guidelines (4/22-AO)

• Tiger One Webinars (4/5-AO)

• Contacts Creating groups in Google Contacts (TL)

• How to Use Google Hangouts Meet (3/25-AO)

• Adding to Google Meet

• Use Screen Sharing and Google Drawings as a whiteboard. (3/30-AO)

• Using Google Meet as a Google Voice Alternative (4/1-AO)

• How To Use Google Classroom (4/1-AO)

• Commenting in Google- use the comment feature to provide feedback to your students (AO).

• Ohio EdTechs YouTube Channel- Find tutorials videos for G Suite and many other instructional websites and apps (4/14-AO).

• How to Use Docs to Forms Add-on (4/15-AO).

• Here is a video tutorial on How to Sign a PDF with DocHub. (4/16-AO).

• Want to see how often your student is working on their assignment or if they are getting outside help? Try the Classwork Zoom extension. (4/16-TL)

• Too many comments on your Classroom Stream? Watch this short video to see how to stop comments. (4/19-TL)

• Using Google Forms and Google Classroom to Sync Grades to Progressbook (4/21-AO)

• Google Classroom Tutorial for Parents (CC)

• End of Year Google Classroom Clean-up (CC)

• Variety of resources to assist with your online teaching. (TL)

• Learn how to use augmented reality form local company, New Territory. (4/18 TL)

• Teach coding (4/18 TL)

• Assess 788 online interactive ebooks through Follett Lightbox ebook collection free through August 1st, 2020. (4/3 KG)

• Access free ebooks, eaudiobooks and other resources such as virtual author visits through Junior Library Guild at JLG@Home. (4/3 KG)

• Looking to teach a lesson about pandemics? Author Gail Jarrow has written several nonfiction books on the topic and discusses each in this short YouTube Trailer. All three can be found in Sora's Ohio Digital Library for checkout. (4/20 - KG)

• Assistments- students receive immediate feedback and guidance on math assignments (AO).

• GoFormative- view students live responses (AO).

• NoRedInk- interactive and adaptive grammar program that provides immediate feedback (AO).

• Kahoot- student-paced games that can be played anywhere (AO).

• Classkick- see all your students working and give high-quality feedback–from anywhere (AO).

• Commenting in Google- use the comment feature to provide feedback to your students (AO).

• Google Forms

  • • Automagical Forms - “Automagically” create Google Forms from PDFs or Google Docs! It is amazing! Check out this video from Rachel Coathup on how you can use Automagical Forms in your classroom! (3/31-AO)

• OELMA (Ohio Educational Library Media Association aka your school librarians) has created and is constantly updating a listing of online resources including free lesson plans, read alouds, instructional tools and more. (KG)

• Educational Companies Offering Free Subscriptions is a Google sheet full of resources from companies offering free resources during this pandemic. Many of which usually have a fee. (KG)

• Resources for Teaching Online - a blog post which gives users tips, tools and lesson resources to teach online. (KG)

• Public Resources to Support Online Learning curated by The Management Council Community (INFOhio) which includes many webinars live and archived. (KG)

• School Closing Resources from NEOnet

• DocsTeach is an online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives. (KG)

• Abdo Digital is offering free access to a variety of digital books through June 2020. Check out their options for grades K-8 and grades 5-12. (KG)

• Ohio's Educational Technology Agencies Provide Resources for Using Online Learning to Maintain Student Education

• The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators has curated resources for toddlers through ages 13 on SEL, art, lesson plans, bilingual, activities, ebooks and more. (KG)

• TILOhio Firehose Project offers high quality, vetted resources curated by content area experts (AO).

• A Beginner’s Toolkit for Teaching Remotely

• Smart notebook is offering free software. If you don’t have a product key, just signed in. It gives the free version until July. You should be able to open up any old file (AO).

• Edmentum School Closure Resources & Webinars- To help educators navigate school closures and e-learning days, this is a variety of webinars and resources. (4/1-AO)

• District Admin - List of 98 free resources for teaching online Updated daily - resources for a wide range of K-12 subjects (4/2- CN)

• Gale is offering these databases for free. After providing information (Cuyahoga Falls School District), you'll be taken directly to a landing page from which you can use and share resources for research, teaching and learning. (4/3-EA)

  • • Gale in Context-High School

    • Gale in Context-Middle School

    • Gale-Kids Infobits (Elementary)

    • Miss Humblebee’s Kindergarten Readiness

• SAMR Student Choice Matrix (4/4-AO)

• ODE Remote Learning Resource Guide Remote-Learning-Resource-Guide.pdf.pdf (4/4-CN)

• Infobase is offering Free Access until April 30 for Facts On File / Bloom's/ The World Almanac / Ferguson's / Films On Demand / Learn 360 / The Mailbox / Credo (4-7-EA)

  • • • Enter your information, select grade range once you are in and enter:

      • username: onlinelearning2

      • password: trial

• Peace, Love, Tech & Mindfulness - Uplifting Power Point with links for teachers/staff, students and the classroom. (4/8-EA)

• Mental Health Tips for Quarantine SFU OLC - Eileen Feliciano | NYS Psychologist Psy.D. in the specialities of School and Clinical Psychology. (4/8 EA)

• Emotional Wellness Gale eBooks Elementary Level If prompted, type: open. (4/9-EA)

• Emotional Wellness Gale eBooks Grade 6 - 12 If prompted, type: open. (4/9-EA)

• NEO-RLS has curated many self-help/mental health resources. (4/14 - KG)

• AudiobookSync offers two free audiobook each week between April 30th and July 23rd. Books are geared to those 13+ and will be downloaded directly into the Sora app. For more information or directions. (4/14 - KG)

• Therapists Worksheets, Tools and Education ~ Children Mindfulness, self care and DBT along with much more. (4/15 - EA)

• Therapists Worksheets, Tools and Education ~ Adolescents Mindfulness, self care and DBT along with much more. (4/15 - EA)

• Therapists Worksheets, Tools and Education ~ Adults Mindfulness, self care, and DBT along with much more. (4/15 - EA)

• Remote Learning Toolkit. (4/29-AO)

• INFOhio resources curated by grade band. Also includes links to Educator Tools, Digital Video Collection, World Book and more. See your media specialist if you need the username or password. (KG)

• Share My Lesson has a vast range of lesson plans by grade and content which include online options.

• PBS Learning has compiled online resources for lessons on Virus Information and Prevention.

• Scholastic Learn at Home helps keep students academically active with 20 days of meaningful learning journeys

• ABC-CLIO is offering free online lessons in American History, American Government & World History. (KG)

• Checkology, by the News Literacy Project is offering a free premium account through the end of the school year. Checkology offers media literacy lessons for grades 6-12. (KG)

• PBS Learning Media has many lessons identified by grade level, standard and content. Easy to locate and use. (KG)

  • • Go directly to their World Language lessons including German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese (3/30-KG)

• World Book Student (in INFOhio) offers numerous educator tools including webquests, lesson plans and graphic organizers (4/14 - KG)

• NEOnet Technology Integration Lesson Plans and Activity Ideas (4/21-AO)

• 50 eLearning Activities, Templates, and Tutorials.

• How To Create Instructional Videos With Screencastify and Loom (AO).

• Easily Share a Doc Link in a Spreadsheet (AO).

• Creating PDFs by "Printing" as a PDF (AO).

• PBS Learning is hosting a webinar to help teachers learn how to teach using the distance learning model. (KG)

• Google and YouTube launch new resources to help teachers and families educate students at home (3/20-AO)

• eSchool News Guides: K-12 Online and Blended Learning Guide (4/2-KG)

• Online Teaching and Learning Video Tutorials (4/3-AO)

Daily Check-ins (CC)

Using Google Hangouts for Phone Calls

• Telephone Interpretation Service Directions provided by Courtney Lewis (Marcucci) (3/29- KG)

• For parents who read in their native language, but may have limited access to internet or a computer, Talking Points (https://talkingpts.org) is an excellent free tool to use. (3/29- KG)

• "Procedures for Working Effectively with Interpreters in Virtual Meetings." It includes information for requesting an interpreter as well as procedures for before, during, and after virtual meetings. Provided by Courtney Lewis (4/17-AO).

• Google Classroom tutorials in 10 languages.